An editorial entitled ‘Flyjin’ rather few took a look at a recent survey by Tokyo into proving that flyjin exist re-examining how information is delivered to foreigners. JT says: That survey seems to imply that many foreign residents did indeed become "flyjin," [...]. The survey, however, also confirms that the vast majority of foreigners in [...]
Category Archives: Gaijin is a dirty word
Japan Times’ wonky flyjin editorial, microagressive poll
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on May 8, 2012
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Neko punched
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on February 16, 2012
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The following comment was made about Neko Hiroshi: Well, now that Neko is out of the race, he wants his Japanese citizenship back However, the headline ends with 戻れる！？, the potential form of the verb, indicating that this is Sanspo’s speculation, not a definite statement by the man himself, as there are no quotes from [...]
Being doorstepped by Immigration
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on January 28, 2012
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In the Mr Johnson thread, we started a sub-thread on this latest story on Debito.org. Please continue (and repost your comments if necessary, or link back to them, etc) to discuss it here. My current theory: Immigration were on a plain-clothes mission but got the wrong man; since there were two women officers it leads [...]
An Unhappy New Year from Mr Arudou
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on January 2, 2012
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And here we have this month’s moan annual roundup of the top 10 human rights events that affected Japan’s non-Japanese (NJ) residents last year: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fl20120103ad.html (BTW, is anyone else finding the JT site slow? The smrtlnks.com site seems to be holding things up) Number 10: Kim Jong Il dies Umm, that’s reaching a bit. Number [...]
Japan’s most useless
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on September 27, 2011
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CHEAP SHOT ALERT It seems not In Appropriate™ to ask Mr Arudou to write for an article on Japan’s top 10 most useless PMs, a list curiously not featuring Kan and a rather soft critique of Hatoyama – "It was all the Americans’ fault!" So, we have Tomiichi Murayama (1994-96), of whom I know no [...]
A eulogy for flyjin?
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on July 4, 2011
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As a place-holder for our favourite monthly event (fellow editors, please feel free to add the URL when it appears!), I’m posting about this month’s Just Be Cause, which when I read the first half of Mr Arudou’s preview seemed to be quite a serious look at issues relating to a friend who died, but [...]
Debito.org misleads its readers regarding a poster’s true message
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on June 28, 2011
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Here is a guest post from Eido Inoue; my name is Tepido Naruhodo and I approve this message. BTW, I notice the poster image is named gaijin2011.jpg. Debito.org continues to promote the existence of “the eye,” trying to make its readers who can’t read Japanese believe that everybody on the street (“the general public”), is [...]
Ichiro Ozawa joins the flyjin!
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on May 27, 2011
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He says: This problem may be contained in Fukushima for now, but the contamination may spread outside of Fukushima. Anxiety and frustration are growing. People cannot live in the contaminated areas. These areas are becoming uninhabitable. Japan has lost its territory by that much. If we do nothing, even Tokyo could become off limits. There [...]
Mr Arudou, save us from the Bold Mrs Cameron Yamada!
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on April 9, 2011
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This ad fair gets on my tits: Mrs Yamada murders some Japanese I cannot help but point out that this ad only started appear post 3-11, thus I offer it as more proof that The Backlash Against IslamFlyjinicists is continuing.
Is 何人→なにじん really that unusual?
Posted by Ken Y-N (aka Tepido Naruhodo) on January 14, 2011
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By apologising for making a mistake, Mr Arudou made my planned article unnecessary, but I found this part of his explanation rather curious: 2) I find the mistranslation of 何人 (which by the way does not come out as “nani-jin” when I hit the henkan button) as possibly “what kind of person” (a possibly oblique [...]